委员会本来应该在4月15日税收归档日提交报告。

They were originally due to report on tax filing day, April 15th.

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大伦敦交通委员会本来准备升级地铁线路并提供新的服务，但收入的下降打乱了这项宏伟的计划。

The fall in revenue comes when TfL is struggling to complete an ambitious project to upgrade the underground network and provide new services.

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她泰然自若地说，“情况本来可能会糟得多。”

She says philosophically: "It could have been far worse."

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My life would've gone better had I chosen to become a farmer instead of chosen to become a doctor.

我的生活本来会变得更好,如果我选择成为农民而不是医生的话。

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Or my life would've gone better for this period of ten years, but then it would've become worse.

或者说我的生活在这十年本来可以更好，然后它会变得糟糕。

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And the truth is, when you each gave your demonstrations, nobody spoke properly because nobody spoke Here's the sentence: "Glorp fendel smug wuggle."

事实上,当你们听到例句的时候,没有人能正确地说出例句,因为本来就没人会说,比如这个句子,"快醒醒,疯狂,自满,拥抱"

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